Flag Rank Officers
The following chart lists VMI Alumni who have achieved the rank of General or Admiral.
| VMI Class |
Last Name |
First |
Rank |
Organization |
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| 1842 |
Elliott |
Wyatt M. |
BG |
VA Militia |
| 1843 |
Echols |
John |
BG |
CSA |
| 1843 |
Fry |
Birkett D. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1844 |
Carrington |
Edward C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1844 |
Garnett |
Thomas S. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1845 |
Walker. |
Lindsay R. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1846 |
Colston |
R. E. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1847 |
Mahone |
William |
MG |
CSA |
| 1847 |
Wharton |
Gabriel C. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1848 |
Jones |
J. R. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1848 |
Rodes |
Robert E. |
MG |
CSA |
| 1848 |
Slaughter |
James E. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1849 |
Garland |
Samuel |
BG |
CSA |
| 1849 |
Payne |
William H. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1850 |
Jones |
A. C. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1850 |
Terry |
William R. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1851 |
Humes |
W. Y. C. |
MG |
CSA |
| 1851 |
Vaughan |
A. J. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1852 |
Munford |
Thomas T. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1852 |
Walker |
James A. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1854 |
Lane |
James H. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1857 |
McCausland |
John |
BG |
CSA |
| 1858 |
Terrill |
James B. |
BG |
CSA |
| 1868 |
James |
Fleming W. |
MG |
Texas Militia |
| 1883 |
Michie |
R. E. Lee |
BG |
USA |
| 1888 |
Cochran |
William B. |
BG |
USA |
| 1889 |
Rockenbach |
Samuel D. |
BG |
USA |
| 1894 |
Kilbourne |
Charles E. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1895 |
Gignilliat |
Leigh R. |
BG |
USA |
| 1898 |
Marshall, Jr. |
Richard C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1899 |
Staton |
Adolphus |
RADM |
USN |
| 1901 |
Marshall |
George C. |
General of the Army |
USA |
| 1901 |
Peyton |
Philip B. |
MG |
USA |
| 1902 |
Upshur |
William P. |
MG |
USMC |
| 1904 |
LaPrade |
William W. |
BG |
USA |
| 1904 |
Weaver |
Walter R. |
MG |
USA |
| 1905 |
Devoe |
Ralph G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1906 |
Buckner, Jr. |
Simon B. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1906 |
Campbell |
Arthur G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1906 |
James |
Jules |
VADM |
USN |
| 1906 |
Nichols |
Robert |
BG |
USA |
| 1907 |
Gill |
William H. |
MG |
USA |
| 1907 |
Patton |
George S. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1907 |
Wen |
Ying H. |
LTG |
Chinese Army |
| 1908 |
Byrd, Jr. |
Richard E. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1908 |
Dunbar |
Richard B. |
MG |
NG, TX |
| 1908 |
Pendleton |
Randolph T. |
BG |
USA |
| 1909 |
Alexander |
George M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1909 |
Brett |
George H. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1909 |
Christian |
Thomas J. |
BG |
USA |
| 1909 |
King, Jr. |
Ogden D. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1909 |
Magruder |
John |
BG |
USA |
| 1909 |
Read |
Oliver M. |
VADM |
USN |
| 1909 |
Walker |
Walton H. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1910 |
Akin |
Spencer B. |
MG |
USA |
| 1910 |
Brown |
Charles C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1911 |
Biedler |
Paul M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1911 |
Blackmore |
Philip G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1911 |
English |
Paul X. |
BG |
USA |
| 1911 |
Gerow |
Leonard T. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1912 |
Dalton |
Joseph N. |
MG |
USA |
| 1912 |
Goodman |
William M. |
MG |
USA |
| 1912 |
Harrill |
William K. |
VADM |
USN |
| 1912 |
Howard |
Samuel L. |
MG |
USMC |
| 1912 |
Kibler |
A. Franklin |
MG |
USA |
| 1913 |
Gerow |
Lee S. |
BG |
USA |
| 1913 |
Kingman |
Matthew H. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1914 |
Burress |
Withers A. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1914 |
Clement |
William T. |
LTG |
USMC |
| 1914 |
Conquest |
Edwin P. |
BG |
NG, VA |
| 1914 |
Handy |
Thomas T. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1914 |
Lowry, Jr. |
Sumter T. |
MG |
USA |
| 1914 |
Thompson |
Ernest O. |
LTG |
NG, TX |
| 1915 |
Almond |
Edward M. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1915 |
Arms |
Thomas S. |
BG |
USA |
| 1915 |
Coupland |
Richard C. |
MG |
USA |
| 1915 |
Griffin |
Raphael |
BG |
USMC |
| 1915 |
Marshall |
Richard J. |
MG |
USA |
| 1915 |
McKee |
John L. |
MG |
USA |
| 1915 |
Tobin |
Robert G. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1916 |
Bradford |
William B. |
MG |
USA |
| 1916 |
Colbern |
William H. |
MG |
USA |
| 1916 |
Drewry |
Guy H. |
BG |
USA |
| 1916 |
Hartt, Jr. |
William H. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1916 |
Holmes, Jr. |
Henry B. |
BG |
USA |
| 1917 |
Bucher |
Oliver B. |
BG |
USA |
| 1917 |
Campbell |
William R. |
BG |
USA |
| 1917 |
Cumming |
Samuel C. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1917 |
Holt, Jr. |
Henry W. |
BG |
USA |
| 1917 |
Martin |
Clarence A. |
MG |
USA |
| 1917 |
Ruffner |
David L. |
BG. |
USA |
| 1917 |
Shepherd |
Lemuel C. |
GEN |
USMC |
| 1917 |
Squire |
John W. |
MG |
NG, VA |
| 1918 |
Colburn |
Albert E. |
BG |
USA |
| 1918 |
Conrad |
G. Bryan |
BG |
USA |
| 1918 |
Cruzen |
Richard H. |
VADM |
USN |
| 1918 |
Cutler |
Stuart |
BG |
USA |
| 1918 |
Taylor |
James |
BG |
USA |
| 1919 |
Higgins |
John D. |
MG |
USA |
| 1920 |
Bryan, Jr. |
Blackshear M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1920 |
Chung |
DeSenn |
MG |
Chinese AF |
| 1920 |
Cox |
Edwin |
BG |
NG, VA |
| 1920 |
Keerans, Jr. |
Charles L. |
BG |
USA |
| 1920 |
Morrison |
H. Terry |
BG |
USAF |
| 1920 |
Wylie |
Robert H. |
BG |
USA |
| 1921 |
Cosby, Jr. |
George H. |
BG |
USA |
| 1921 |
Davis |
James K. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1921 |
Lee |
Robert V. |
MG |
USA |
| 1921 |
Pate |
Randolph Mc. |
GEN |
USMC |
| 1921 |
Puller |
Lewis B. |
LTG |
USMC |
| 1921 |
Stokes, Jr. |
William M. |
MG |
USA |
| 1921 |
Waters |
William E. |
MG |
USA |
| 1922 |
Bromley, Jr. |
Charles V. |
MG |
USA |
| 1922 |
Grombach |
John V. |
BG |
NG, NY |
| 1922 |
Johnson |
Douglas V. |
MG |
USA |
| 1922 |
Myers |
Charles T. |
LTG |
USAF |
| 1923 |
Chappell |
Clarence J. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1923 |
Copenhaver |
John R. |
BG |
USA |
| 1923 |
Franklin, Jr. |
Albert G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1923 |
Phelan |
George R. |
ADM |
USN |
| 1924 |
Ferguson |
Edwin C. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1924 |
Hart |
John N. |
MG |
USMC |
| 1924 |
Letcher |
John S. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1924 |
Marshall |
St. Julien R. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1924 |
Ruffner |
Clark L. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1925 |
Anthony |
James C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1925 |
Freeman |
Calvin R. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1925 |
Liu |
In Waan (Yao-Huan Lew) |
MG |
Chinese Army |
| 1925 |
Tseng |
Hsi Kuei |
MG |
Chinese Army |
| 1926 |
Barkley |
N. Buckner |
BG |
USA |
| 1926 |
Colby |
Joseph M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1927 |
Sun |
Li-Jen |
GEN |
Chinese Nationalist Army |
| 1929 |
Cooper, Jr. |
John P. |
MG |
NG, MD |
| 1929 |
Seay |
George C. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1930 |
Harris, Jr. |
Hunter |
MG |
USAF |
| 1930 |
Johnson, Jr. |
Clarence B. |
BG |
NG, TN |
| 1931 |
Harris |
William A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1931 |
McEwen |
John A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1931 |
Richardson |
John W. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1931 |
Shell |
George R. E. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1931 |
Wise, Jr. |
Henry A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1932 |
Martin, IV |
James G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1932 |
Tyson |
Robert N. |
BG |
USA |
| 1933 |
McCarthy |
Frank J. |
BG |
USA |
| 1934 |
Goshorn |
John A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1934 |
Yon |
Joseph L. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1935 |
Burton, Jr. |
Custis |
BG |
USMC |
| 1935 |
Humphreys, Jr. |
James W. |
MG |
USAF |
| 1935 |
Kirks |
Rowland F. |
BG |
USA |
| 1935 |
Riley |
Thomas F. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1935 |
Schupp, II |
Carl F. |
BG |
USA |
| 1936 |
Banks |
Charles L. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1937 |
Hastings |
David C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1937 |
Phipps |
Charles H. |
BG |
USA |
| 1938 |
Jeffrey, Jr. |
Thomas S. |
MG |
USAF |
| 1938 |
Neal, IV |
Thomas D. |
BG |
USA |
| 1938 |
Shepherd |
James M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1939 |
Edwards, Jr. |
Richard A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1939 |
Irby |
Richard L. |
BG |
USA |
| 1939 |
Tidwell, Jr. |
William A. |
BG |
USA |
| 1940 |
Beach |
Charles |
MG |
USA |
| 1941 |
Booker |
F.C. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1942 |
Boehmer |
William J. |
BG |
USA |
| 1942 |
Horne, III |
R. C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1942 |
Leech, Jr. |
Lloyd L. |
BG |
USA |
| 1942 |
Williams |
R. W. |
BG |
USA |
| 1942 |
Young, Jr. |
Charles M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1943 |
Smith |
Jeffrey G. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1943 |
Snead, Jr. |
G. M. |
BG |
USA |
| 1944 |
Wen |
Patrick H. |
BG |
Chinese Nationalist Army |
| 1945 |
Bristow, Jr. |
Walter J. |
BG |
USA |
| 1945 |
Grojean |
Charles |
RADM |
USN |
| 1945 |
Morgan, Jr. |
James M. |
MG |
VA Mitilia, Army |
| 1945 |
Walker |
Sam S. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1946 |
Ashley |
Maurice C. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1947 |
Williamson |
Dan H. |
BG |
USA |
| 1948 |
Sadler |
Jack R. |
BG |
USA |
| 1949-B |
Prillaman |
Richard L. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1949-B |
Soucek |
Leo E. |
BG |
USA |
| 1949-B |
Walter, Jr. |
Alonzo J. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1950-B |
Leitheiser |
Richard E. |
MG |
USAR |
| 1950-B |
Ward |
Tom |
RADM |
USN |
| 1951 |
Bass |
Sampson H. |
MG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Catlin, Jr. |
John E. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1951 |
Ewing |
Douglas J. |
BG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Lawrence |
Richard |
LTG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Lazzell |
Rufus C. |
BG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Marshall |
James H. |
MG |
USAF |
| 1951 |
Moore |
William C. |
MG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Wick, Jr. |
Robert L. |
MG |
USA |
| 1951 |
Williams |
Paul S. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1952 |
McCarthy |
James R. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1952 |
Saufley |
Zack C. |
MG |
USA |
| 1953 |
Cox, III |
Edwin |
BG |
USA |
| 1953 |
Prillaman |
John P. |
MG |
USA |
| 1953 |
Weidenthal |
C. P. |
BG |
USA |
| 1954 |
Gary, III |
John H. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1954 |
Knapp |
John W. |
MG |
USA |
| 1954 |
Mattox, Jr |
Alvah S. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1954 |
Phillips, II |
Ran L. |
BG |
USA |
| 1955 |
Culver |
James F. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1955 |
Tait |
Thomas H |
MG |
USA |
| 1955 |
Thackston |
Carroll |
MG |
USA |
| 1956 |
Dreyer, Jr. |
C. F. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1957 |
Collier |
Richard |
MG |
USA |
| 1957 |
Thorpe |
Philip J. |
BG |
USAR |
| 1957 |
Wagner |
Robert |
MG |
USA |
| 1958 |
Edgar |
Charles E. |
MG |
USA |
| 1958 |
Gray |
Joseph G. |
MG |
USA |
| 1958 |
Schlossberg |
Arnold |
MG |
USA |
| 1959 |
Breth |
Frank J. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1959 |
Guggenhiemer, Jr. |
Max |
MG |
USA |
| 1960 |
Maddox |
David M. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1960 |
Seeley |
James W. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1960 |
Sewell |
Steve |
MG |
USA |
| 1961 |
Badgett |
Lee D. |
BG |
VA Militia, AF |
| 1961 |
Bissel |
Michael |
BG |
VA MIlitia |
| 1962 |
Peay, III |
J. H. B. |
GEN |
USA |
| 1963 |
Bunting, III |
Josiah |
MG |
VA Militia |
| 1964 |
Chompaisal |
Aran |
GEN |
Royal Thai Army, Thailand |
| 1964 |
Putamanonda |
Teerawat |
GEN |
Royal Thai Army, Thailand |
| 1965 |
Amos |
Granville R. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1965 |
Hogan |
Danny A. |
MG |
USAF |
| 1965 |
Lennon |
Thomas J. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1965 |
Mountcastle |
John W. |
BG |
USA |
| 1965 |
Timmons |
Richard |
LTG |
USA |
| 1966 |
Boese |
Lawrence E. |
LTG |
USAF |
| 1966 |
Chanarntna |
Visarn |
LTG |
Royal Thai Army, Thailand |
| 1966 |
Jumper |
John |
GEN |
USAF |
| 1966 |
Montrivade |
Buri |
GEN |
Royal Thai Army, Thailand |
| 1967 |
Green |
Robert |
BG |
VA MIL |
| 1968 |
Kritakara |
Krita |
LTG |
Royal Thai Army, Thailand |
| 1969 |
Flowers |
Robert B. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1969 |
Lynch |
Joseph G. |
MG |
USAFR |
| 1970 |
Anderson |
Philip R. |
MG |
USA |
| 1970 |
DeWolf |
Howard D. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1970 |
Kern |
John H. |
BG |
USAR |
| 1970 |
Strock |
Carl A. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1972 |
Hack |
Richard A. |
LTG |
USA |
| 1973 |
Newman |
Robert B. |
MG |
USAF, Commanding General, VaNG |
| 1974 |
Anderson |
Clint |
BG |
USA |
| 1974 |
McLaren |
John |
MG |
USAR |
| 1975 |
Darnell |
Daniel J. |
LTG |
USAF |
| 1975 |
Spain, III |
Edwin E. |
MG |
USAR |
| 1975 |
Temple |
Wyndham B. |
MG |
USA |
| 1975 |
Terpeluk |
William |
MG |
USAR |
| 1976 |
Custer |
Scott |
MG |
USAF |
| 1976 |
Waff |
William D. R. |
BG |
USAR |
| 1977 |
Johnson |
John |
MG |
USA |
| 1979 |
Smith |
Jeffrey G. |
BG |
USA |
| 1979 |
Smith |
Charles E. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1980 |
Brown |
Joseph D. |
BG |
USAF |
| 1980 |
Brown |
William A. |
RADM |
USN |
| 1981 |
Brier |
Paul W. |
BG |
USMC |
| 1982 |
McDew |
Darren W. |
BG |
USAF |